search_and_replace¶

Operation for searching for text and replacing it with new text.

Example¶

The following example uses the search_and_replace operation to replace the greeting in the basic-hello-world.yml example:

examples/operations/search_and_replace.yml¶

steps:
    "Replace greeting in basic-hello-world example":
        name: search_and_replace
        file_path: "examples/basic-hello-world.yml"
        search: "Hello"
        replace: "Hola"

Running this operation replaces “Hello” with “Hola” within the file.

Required context¶

file_path: Path to file relative to the current working directory.
search: Text to search for in file.
replace: Text used to replace text matching search.

Optional context¶

use_regex

default: False

Use re.sub instead of str.replace.

See also¶